Current positive cases 7,985
Hospitalized with symptoms 4,316
In intensive care 733
Home quarantine 2,936
Total recovered 724
Total Tests carried out 53,826

All numbers issued by Italian Civil Protection department

— James Longman (@JamesAALongman) March 9, 2020

Very striking.

NEW: Because we can’t get a straight answer from the Trump Administration, I have checked with lab companies.

The best estimate is it will be 8 weeks before we have all the nationwide testing we need.

— Andy Slavitt (@ASlavitt) March 9, 2020

Grazie!

R.

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Just locked the school up and set alarms, primary teachers are none the wiser at this point head is still being briefed every morning but not cascade down the chain I guess that’s her orders at this stage.

 

 

Welcome to Glasgow, where a global pandemic hits and still nobody will touch anything vegan. pic.twitter.com/f3FM1HByxN

— Guffers (@gavmacn) March 7, 2020

All schools in Madrid are to be closed.

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That, Nick, is unscientific - and you must know that. You found it somewhere and thought it made your point, but you can't give me evidence it is a valid representation.

In science, this kind of peer criticism is generally regarded as a good thing, BTW.

Roger

 

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Apparently it's an old photo from Texas, apologies to Glaswegians.

 

Classic Duane 😂

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It’s like dreadfully sad Rush tribute act. We hated the original but the tribute band are so bad that we just feel sorry for them.

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Pravda, baby, pravda.

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Martyn would have been on his 10th conspiracy theory by now.

Breaking: Italy will suspend all professional sports activities and public mass gatherings until April 3rd

It took SK 12 days to get on top of their epidemic and start to see a reduction in the number of new cases. 18 days in for Italy and there is no reduction in number of new cases.

Are the Koreans lucky? More organised? The steps they took were not overly drastic but they have done a lot of testing. It appears to me that they just reacted very fast which enabled them to get on top if it.

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They have conducted 196,000 tests

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That's massive news . Very difficult to finish serie A now 

 

 

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The Greek Orthodox Church decrees that the coronavirus cannot be transmitted via the Eucharist/communion and encourages the faithful to keep receiving it as it symbolises the body and blood of Jesus Christ.

If they had a sense of humour, they'd have said: join us in communion and do not be afraid, three days later you shall be resurrected.

 

No, it's not. It's called not having enough time to write a full report on where I found the graph. Do you disagree that containment and delaying measures mean a slower rate of contagion? Yes or no. Because that is literally all that graph is trying to show people. Are you really saying you want full peer review for the idea that more people getting infected in a shorter period of time leads to more pressure on the health system than the same number getting infected over a more drawn out period? I mean, come on!

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The mass gathering thing is interesting. In the press conference today it was stated that a fan in a stadium of 40,000 has the same potential contact sphere as a fan going to the pub to watch a game (i.e. those in your immediate vicinity).

Not sure I buy into that. Greater distances travelled to get to games in person mostly on public transport, and away fans potentially bringing contact from more virulent areas of the country to less affected areas.

Make all sporting events free to view on terrestrial and play behind closed doors.

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There is no way we can trust the Russian numbers. But their not the only ones plenty of under reporting and lack of testing is making it impossible to really have any idea how many cases there are in some countries. 

 

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Israel have announced that anyone entering the country is required to self isolate for 14 days. Their airspace is going to be very empty.

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Spot on Beast,sums things up perfectly!

Patient 1 is finally out of intensive care in Italy.  Remember they never found patient zero. He was 38 and healthy by all accounts and spent 3 weeks in ICU. It just shows you how difficult this situation is if you have thousands of similar cases. Huge pressure in even the most sophisticated health care systems. 

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